8. Summer of Love by Debbie Drechsler

By Andrew ArnoldThursday, Dec. 12, 2002

Printed in the woodsy tones of green and brown, Drechsler's Summer of Love tells the quiet story of a suburban girl growing up in the 1960s who tries to navigate a new school and new relationships. This is young adult fiction the way it ought to be  full of anxiety, passion, anger and love  but not at all for just young adults.